Let's Move Blog

Posted by Kacie O'Brien, MHS, Associate Program Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service, Western Region Special Nutrition Programs, USDA on February 15, 2011

On a sunny October morning at Columbia School in El Monte, California, Allen Ng, our Regional Administrator at the USDA Food and Nutrition Service presented El Monte City School District with the first HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) Awards in California since the Challenge joined the Let’s Move! initiative one year ago.

Posted by Robin Schepper, Executive Director of the Let's Move! on February 15, 2011

Last week was the first anniversary of Let's Move!, a comprehensive initiative launched by First Lady Michelle Obama that is dedicated to solving the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. You may have seen our post last week that included a video of schoolchildren singing in honor of the First Lady’s visit and a review of her remarks at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia. We did a quick wrap-up video of all her travels around the anniversary. Check it out:

Posted by Anton Gunn, HHS Regional Director for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee on February 12, 2011

This Wednesday, I had the most exciting day yet in my service at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I attended and participated in First Lady Michelle Obama’s oneyear anniversary event for Let’s Move!, the campaign to solve the problem of child obesity in the next generation.

Posted by Deputy Under Secretary Janey Thornton, USDA FNCS on February 12, 2011

I had the distinct pleasure to join the White House Assistant Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiative Sam Kass, to participate in a unique Chefs Move to Schools event at Edgewater High School Auditorium, Orlando, Fla., in celebration of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative.

What began as a peaceful Lets Move! one-year anniversary celebration at Namaste School, with daily yoga, soon changed to energetic cheers and jumps, as Benny the Bull, mascot of NBA’s Chicago Bulls, and USDA’s Power Panther, led 2nd-7th graders in chants and exercises, as the School received the HealthierUS School Challenge’s Gold of Distinction award.

Posted by Under Secretary Kevin Concannon, USDA Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services on February 11, 2011

It has been one year since First Lady Michelle Obama kicked off her Let’s Move! initiative with the goal to solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. The anniversary calls for a time to reflect on its vast contributions, but to also continue the important momentum.

Posted by Joshua DuBois, Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships on February 11, 2011

Commentary from Joshua Dubois, Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, on the one year anniversary of Let's Move!One year ago, I watched as First Lady Michelle Obama announced her Let’s Move! initiative at the White House. With much of the nation digging out from monumental snow storms and record low temperatures, the idea of exercising and eating healthy foods was the furthest from many of our minds at the time. Yet, Mrs. Obama challenged all of us to do more, she challenged us by saying, “Let’s Move!” This week, in Alpharetta, Georgia at North Point Community Church on the first anniversary of Let’s Move!, First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated the impact of parents and faith and community leaders across the country on efforts to improve children’s health through nutrition, and physical fitness.

Posted by Anton Gunn, HHS Regional Director for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee on February 11, 2011

Last Tuesday the City of Orlando celebrated the anniversary of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let's Move! Campaign with an incredible day full of events that was an unqualified success from all perspectives.

Posted by Joanne Corte Grossi, HHS Regional Director for Pennsylvania, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia on February 11, 2011

In honor of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! campaign, officials from the City of Bethlehem, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Education, Highmark Blue Shield and cheerleaders from the Philadelphia Eagles, along with students, parents, and teachers from Broughal Middle School, joined together on Friday, February 4, 2011 to celebrate the efforts undertaken by the city and school to promote physical activity and healthy food choices.